The Manildra Group is an Australian

agribusiness Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study of value chains in agriculture and in the bio-economy, in which case it is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise. The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit w ...

based in Sydney. It was formed in 1952 when Jack Honan purchased a flour mill in Manildra. In 1966 a

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and

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plant was established in Auburn. In the early 1970s, further starch plants opened in Bomaderry and Devonport, Tasmania, a

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plant in Bomaderry and a flour mill in

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purchased.Timeline
Manildra Group In 1985 the Auburn plant closed with operations transferred to Bomaderry. In 1991,

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production commenced in Bomaderry. In July 2014, Manildra diversified into meat production with the purchase of an

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Cootamundra Cootamundra, nicknamed Coota, is a town in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia and within the Riverina. It is within the Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council. At the 2016 Census, Cootamundra had a population of 6,782. ...

. In 2021, Manildra was ranked 29th on FoodTalks' Top Global Specialty Oil Company list.

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